Greater Western Victoria captain Jessie Rentsch will play with West Coast Eagles in the AFLW next season.
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The Eagles selected Rentsch will pick two in the AFLW national draft on Monday night.
The 18-year-old is from Penshurst and was a Year 12 student at Ballarat Grammar School this year.
Rentsch said with her mothers family from WA she was comfortable with the move across the country.
Her sister is also studying in WA.
BALLARAT Football Netball League club Darley has another youngster off to the big time.
Adelaide chose Tamara Henry via the Western Jets with pick 28 in the AFLW draft.
She follows fellow Devils Aaron Cadman (pick 1 in 2022 AFL national draft to GWS Giants) and pick 12 in 2018 to Port Adelaide) at the highest level.
Henry started out with Bacchus Marsh and moved to Darley under-18 youth girls in the BFLW in 2021.
She has played in the Darley senior line-up for the past two seasons.
This year she also played with the Jets and represented Vic Country in the under-18 national championships.
THE Springbank football community is celebrating have another Simpson drafted.
Geelong took Charlotte Simpson from VFLW side St Kilda with pick 47.
She is a daughter of former Geelong player Sean Simpson, who grew up in Springbank and played with the Tigers fter his AFL career.
His son Sam plays with Geelong in the AFL.